Something the UK PlayStation Video Store has been missing for sometime is TV episodes. Recently, the UK Store received a minor upgrade allowing you to purchase SD and HD TV episodes. US TV shows make up most of the content, with series’ like South Park, Two and a Half Men and more available to download.
As you may have read, last week Sony held a PlayStation Vita event in London where journalists and Access members got to try a huge array of games on PS Vita. One of the demo areas had devices set up with the Social Essentials applications. Below, we have a video of how Twitter works on the PlayStation Vita.
American videogames retailer, Gamestop, has revealed the prices of the PlayStation Vita Memory Cards. The proprietary format cards are available in sizes ranging from 4GB up to 32GB and are based on the SD memory card format. As we expected, the Vita’s memory cards are much more expensive than the standard SD cards.
Kinect has now sold ten million units, but eight million were sold in the first two months, a pattern that Ubisoft has described as “not healthy”. In contract, the PlayStation Move only just reached the 9 million mark, but sales have been steady since launch. The latest figures puts the PlayStation Move just a million short of Kinect.
Electronic Arts has announced that “there have been some misunderstandings around Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield 3” and they intend to deliver the promised free copy of Battlefield 1943. Games in Europe can start claiming the game from tomorrow, while gamers in North America will have to wait until December 10th, followed by those in Asia the week after on December 17th.
According to a story by Eurogamer, the PlayStation Vita’s Remote Play functionality will be the same resolution as the PSP, which is currently stands at 480px x 272px resolution, and scaled up to the Vita’s resolution. A firmware update will enable Remote Play for all titles, and new PS3 games will be able to include a specific 480p resolution for the Vita.
The latest episode of Access is now available to view right here. This week’s Game of the Week is WWE ’12 with developer insight from Lead Gameplay Designer, Bryan Williams. There’s more sporty goodness in the form of the GT Academy as Access goes behind the scenes to check out the inner workings of the academy.
Tekken Hybrid is now available exclusively on the PS3. Tekken Hybrid comes with three Tekken experiences: Tekken Tag Tournament HD, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue, and Tekken Blood Vengeance 3D all on one Blu-ray disc. Both Tekken Blood Vengeance and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue are both compatible with 3D televisions.
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Powerful forces collide in a mysterious land, in this epic cinematic CG trailer for the forthcoming complete sequel to Final Fantasy XIII. Due for release on 3rd February 2012, Final Fantasy XIII-2 will take players beyond time, beyond fate and beyond imagination.
